17 Facts About Yves Gaucher

Yves Gaucher, was an abstract painter and printmaker.

Yves Gaucher is considered a leader amongst Quebec's printmakers in the 1950s and 60s.

Yves Gaucher's work has been included in the collections of public galleries such as the National Gallery of Canada in Ottawa, the Museum of Modern Art in New York City, and the Victoria and Albert Museum in London.

Yves Gaucher was born on January 3,1934, in Montreal to Tancrede Gaucher, a pharmacist and optician, and Laura Elie Gaucher, as the sixth of eight children.

Yves Gaucher attended the College Brebeuf in Montreal in 1948, but was expelled for drawing immoral pictures.

Yves Gaucher's ambition was to become a radio announcer with his own jazz program.

Yves Gaucher enrolled at the Ecole des Beaux-Arts in Montreal in 1954, but was expelled in 1956 for taking only the courses he was interested in.

Yves Gaucher then returned to the Ecole to study printmaking with Albert Dumouchel, where he created a controversial technique of heavy embossing.

Yves Gaucher enjoyed success afterwards, and as a result became the founding president of Associations des Peintures-Gravures de Montreal in 1960.

In 1962, Yves Gaucher travelled to Europe on a grant from the Canada Council.

In 1968, Yves Gaucher was considered to be the leader of printmaking in Quebec, and he taught a printmaking class at Sir George Williams University.

Yves Gaucher created art using mathematical relationships, including symmetry, patterning, and spatial relationships, which eventually led to monochromatic works.

From 1967 to 1969, Yves Gaucher created a series of Grey on Grey paintings.

Yves Gaucher was crucial in the development of the colour band style of art, which was first created in 1970.

Yves Gaucher extended colour band painting to include works of horizontal planes of contrasting colour.

In 1980, Yves Gaucher received the Order of Canada, and was named a member in 1981.

Yves Gaucher was an associate member of the Royal Canadian Academy of Arts.